Departament d'Enginyeria Hidràulica, Marítima i Ambiental (fins octubre de 2015)

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Incisión de ríos por extracción aluvial y retirada de presas. Estudio matemático y experimental. 

Ferrer Boix, Carles (Date of defense: 2011-03-23)

This Thesis deals with incision (bed degradation or general bed scouring) in rivers. More specifically it deals with the incision caused by gravel mining and by dam removal. The main goal of the research is to know ...

Debris flows and general steep slope shallow water flows numerical simulation 

Medina Iglesias, Vicente (Date of defense: 2011-01-24)

The main target of this research is to develop a numerical model for debris flow simulations. As it is known, in general, this kind of flows occur in steeped mountain slopes. When dealing with the complete 3D physic system ...

Desarrollo de un modelo numérico 3D en elementos finitos para las ecuaciones de Navier-Stokes : aplicaciones oceanográficas 

Maidana, Manuel Augusto (Date of defense: 2007-09-14)

En esta tesis se ha desarrollado y validado un modelo tridimensional de circulación costera en elementos finitos capaz de simular una región limitada del océano. La escala de longitud de las aplicaciones pueden ser del ...

Trophic cascade modelling in bathyal ecosystems 

Mamouridis, Valeria (Date of defense: 2015-05-15)

Different aspects of the bathyal ecosystem have been treated with the final aim to investigate trophic cascades driven by fishery (top-down control), a phenomenon that in bathyal systems has never been studied. This was ...

Daphnia magna bioassays to detect novel eco-toxicological effects of prioritary and emergent contaminants 

Campos, Bruno (Date of defense: 2014-01-10)

There is increasing evidence that the presence of many emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems may have detrimental effects on aquatic biota. Of special concern are those emerging pollutants that may act as putative ...

Tsunamis provoked by fast granular landslides : 3D laboratory experiments on generation and initial propagation of waves 

Bregoli, Francesco (Date of defense: 2015-11-12)

Landslides and debris flows falling into reservoirs, natural lakes, fjords or seas can generate impulsive waves, which can be assimilated to tsunamis. This phenomenon, also known as "landslide tsunami", can be highly ...

Exploiting the multiscale synergy among ocean variables : application to the improvement of remote sensing salinity maps 

Umbert Ceresuela, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-10-23)

Les imatges de teledetecció de la superfície oceànica proporcionen una vista sinòptica de la complexa geometria de la circulació oceànica, dominada per la variabilitat de mesoescala. Estructures com filaments i vòrtex són ...

Biological rhythms in the Norway lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus L.) : Ecological modulation and genetic basis = Ritmos biológicos en la cigala (Nephrops norvegicus L.) : modulación ecológica y bases genéticas 

Sbragaglia, Valerio (Date of defense: 2015-07-20)

Nephrops norvegicus is an important fishery resource for Europe. Its rhythmic burrowing behavior is strictly related to catchability. Here I studied such behavior under laboratory conditions. I investigated the combined ...

Hydrodynamic response of a shallow and microtidal estuary : Alfacs Bay. From high to low frequency processes 

Cerralbo Peñarroya, Pablo (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)

Using both observations and modelling tools, it is investigated the main hydrodynamic response mechanisms of a microtidal and shallow bay in the Mediterranean Sea: Alfacs Bay. Main objectives are considered using differenttim ...

On the circulation of the North Atlantic shadow zone 

Peña Izquierdo, Jesús (Date of defense: 2015-02-20)

Regions isolated from the wind-driven circulation are found in the eastern margins of the world's tropical oceans. The weak and stagnant circulation of these so-called “shadow zones”, in combination with the intense ...

The Northern Current and its interaction with the Blanes submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean Sea) 

Ahumada Sempoal, Miguel Angel (Date of defense: 2014-12-11)

A high-resolution (~1.2km) 3D circulation model nested in one-way to a coarse-resolution (~4km) 3D regional model was used to examine the interaction between the Northern Current and the Blanes submarine canyon (~41°00’-41°46’N; ...

Feeding ecology and community streucture of mesopelagic fishes in the Western Mediterranean = Ecología trófica y estructura de la comunidad de peces mesopelágicos del Mediterráneo Occidental 

Bernal Bajo, Ainhoa (Date of defense: 2014-11-25)

En esta tesis doctoral se ha estudiado la relación de las poblaciones de peces mesopelágicos (Myctophiformes y Stomiiformes) con el medio pelágico, analizando el posible efecto de factores físicos y biológicos en su ecología ...

A bioeconomic analysis of the coastal fishery of Pernambuco State, North-eastern Brazil 

Mattos, Sérgio Macedo Gomes de (Date of defense: 2004-10-27)

Los conceptos bioeconómicos modernos invocan la importancia de definir los derechos de propiedad posibles de ser llevados a cabo dentro del contexto de gestión. La investigación pesquera debe considerar las expectativas ...

Water mass variability in the eastern South Pacific and the ventilation of the oxygen minimum zone 

Llanillo del Río, Pedro José (Date of defense: 2014-10-29)

This dissertation aims at extending our knowledge of the ESP OMZ through two main approaches. The first approach is based on tracer analysis and inverse modeling techniques. Such techniques are applied to hydrographic ...

Ocean velocities as inferred from Argo floats: methodology and applications 

Rosell-Fieschi, Miquel (Date of defense: 2014-07-03)

The velocity fields inferred from the trajectories of Argo floats have proven to be a valuable tool for observing the major ocean currents. The velocity fields can be used to examine statistical properties at regional and ...

Coastal vulnerability to storms at different time scales: application to the Catalan coast 

Bosom García, Eva (Date of defense: 2014-07-11)

Storm-induced impacts are known to cause important economic and environmental damages to coastal systems worldwide. Consequently, the relevance of including hazards and vulnerability assessments in coastal policies has ...

The diversity of dinoflagellates belonging to the gymnodiniales from the catalan coast (NW Mediterranean Sea) 

Reñé Vicente, Albert (Date of defense: 2014-02-28)

Dinoflagellates are one of the most abundant and diverse groups of microalgae. Many dinoflagellates are covered with cellulose plates, whereas others lack these plates and are hence referred to as athecate or unarmoured. ...

Distribution and partitioning of organic pollutants and effects in coastal birds 

Vicente de Bobes, Joana (Date of defense: 2013-11-14)

Coastal areas are very susceptible to contamination due to the interaction of marine and anthropogenic processes. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds very resistent to photolysis and chemical and ...

Distribution and population biology of pelagic decapod crustaceans of the western Mediterranean 

Silveira Simão, Daniela (Date of defense: 2013-11-22)

The present thesis provides new information about pelagic decapod crustaceans, specially so concerning the Mediterranean pasiphaeids. Remarkable differences in the pattern of distributions of the pasiphaeids were observed ...

Coral reef ecosystem services economic valuation experiences from the South Pacific 

Pascal, Nicolas (Date of defense: 2013-11-11)

Economic approaches through ecosystem services (ES) valuation are increasingly recommended by conservation organisations to face main market externalities affecting biodiversity in general and coral reef ecosystems. In ...